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...that the free enterprise system, unencumbered by environmental guidelines that Carter has supported, will fill in the gaps. Where Carter has nominated sane, balanced people to guide the country's future in nuclear energy, Reagan would pull out all the stops. Where Carter has taken steps to curb industrial pollution, Reagan thinks pollution comes only from volcanoes and trees...
...more credible program. They could not talk Reagan into stretching out the tax cuts, but they did succeed in changing the whole rationale for them. Now it is admitted that the rate reductions themselves will not necessarily stimulate enough new revenues to offset the loss. Instead, a strict curb on new spending, plus the natural growth of the economy, would provide enough margin to permit the tax measure. Reagan accepted this substantial alteration without much complaint. However he got there, and however little he understood the trip, he arrived at a position that, while still highly debatable, certainly makes more...
Even though 647 patches were spotted in a single county last year, drug officials seized only 53,000 Ibs., about 15% of the estimated total harvest. But there is an all-out effort to curb this year's harvest, which must be completed before November's rains. Officials estimate that there is a bumper crop, mostly in 27 northern counties. Says California Attorney General George Deukmejian: "We can't expect other countries to carry out drug-eradication programs if we don't make an intensive effort here." The state bureau of narcotics has increased its marijuana...
THIS IS THE sort of "economics-made-simple" we have come to expect from Ronald Reagan. Federal aid to cities accomplishes nothing because it takes from Chicago and gives to Detroit. Cutting federal spending on social services--while raising defense spending $25 billion--will curb inflation. Exactly this type of superficial approach to deepseated problems has brought the Tories to the threshold of a fiscal crisis...
...women and one of the men, drinks still in hand, eye Arthur's dented generic cab suspiciously, then climb in the back seat. "Good night, Charles," one of the women says to the fourth member of the party, who waves from the curb. "We had a marvelous time." Then, turning to Arthur, "Ritz Carlton...